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(No Model.)

A. R. BURPBE.

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Patented Sept. 10,1895.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 545,875, dated September 10, 1895.

Application led January 2, 1895. Serial No. 533,666. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom iv may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS R. BURPEE,

.lar reference to double mittens consisting throughout of two similar or corresponding parts, in contradistinction to single mittens, or mittens manufactured of a single thickness of material.

It is also the object of the invention to provide an improved double knit mitten formed from cut goods,which,while having its quality of warmth fully preserved, shall have no unsightly seams or seams which shall be to any appreciable extent uncomfortable to the wearer, or be so exposed as to be liable to be ripped or raveled by direct contact with the hand of the wearer.

To these ends my invention consists of a knit mitten formed from cut goods and of double construction throughout-that is, a mitten composed throughout of two thicky nesses of a web cut to desired shape, one singlethickness mitten being, as it were, arranged within another single-thickness mitten, with the wrong sides of the two thicknesses facing toward or opposing each other and the right sides forming the exposed surfaces and having the edges of the fabric of the inner part or portion of the double structure along the seam of the thumb and side of the hand facing outward or toward the opposing wrong side of the outer part or portion, and the edges of the fabric along the seam of the outer portion facing inward, so as to relieve the two portions of any uncomfortableness of seams and to lessen liability of breaking or ravelin g the seam-threads or ravelin g the raw edges along the seams.

Reference is to be had to the annexed draw-= ings and to the letters marked thereon, forming a part of this specification, the same let ters designating the same parts or features, as the case may be, wherever they occur.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a view of a piece of the tubular web which may be employed in lcarrying out my invention, being long enough for a pair or two mittens. Fig. 2 representsthe fabric for o'ne mitten of a pair after it has been cut and ready to have the edges and ends united by seaming or otherwise. Fig. 8 is a View, the same as Fig. 2, with all the edges and ends united, excepting one end of the hand of one of the double parts. Fig. 4 shows the fabric or web represented in Fig. 3 turned and the end united which'was left unseamed in the web, as shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a representation ot the completed mitten.

' In the drawings, A designates a tubular web suitable for employment in the practice of my invention, and which is formed in sections, as it were, like that shown in Fig. 1, so as to enable me to cut the web along theline 3 into lengths, as shown in Fig. 2. This length of web (which, as has already been indicated, is of sufficient extent to form a mitten of a pair) I turn wrong side out and flatten, as shown, and make an incision a in the web and through both thicknesses from each end inward, about one-third of the way from one edge to the other and about `one-half of the distance from the end to the wrist-line of the hand portion. The ends of the two narrowest parts b of the web Itrim off at c to asufiicient extent so as to form the thumb of the mitten. All of the edges and ends of the mitten, excepting at one end, as at d, are ready for uniting, by seaming or otherwise. The way for this purpose which I have found most desirable, so far, is by uniting on a sewing-machine with the trimmer attached, whereby the edges are sewed together firmly, with an elastic stitch, and the surplus web is trimmed off at the same time, both, the sewing and the trimming being done very rapidly and with one handling, and, as is well known, the required shape of the end of the mitten and thumb can be given during the operation of sewing by the trimmer. By this operation seams will be formed along the tips e and inner sides f of the thumbs, along the sides g of the hand adj acent to the thumbs, and along the tip 7i of the outer hand portion. I then turn the mitten IOO again through the unseamed end d, so as to bring the right side out, after which I seam up the end d of the mitten which was left un- Seamed. I then fold inte the inside of the outer part 1I of the mitten the party', which I last seamed at the end d. This completes the mitten. By this process it Will be seen that the Wrong sides of the doubled portions are brought together or opposite each other and the right side of the outer portion z' faces out- Ward, While the right side of the inner portion j faces inward, making the right side the eX- posed surface throughout the structure. Furthermore, and this is quite important, the raw edges along all of the seams, excepting for the short distance along the line d, face toward the Wrong sides, se as to in a measure protect the raW edges against undue fraying or raveling through contact with the hand or other thing when in use and leave the exposed surface smooth and so as to Work no discomfort to the wearer; besides this, the stitches forming the seams are protected against raveling. Moreover, by my process a mitten is formed which is quite as sightly er attractive in appearance as though it Were full-fashioned and made Without seam.

In carrying out my invention I may, in the formation of the tubular web, vary the stitch so as to make the Wrist part 7c of the mitten narrower than the hand portion Z. For instance, I may knit the portions of the web which will fall into the Wrist part 7c ofthe mitten, as well as the ends or tips m of the hand, in one-and-one rib or comparatively close stitch, and the portions which will fall into the main hand part Z, I may knit in tuck or comparatively full stitch.

What I claim is my invention is- A double knit mitten formed from a single length of cut goods and having seams along the tips and inner sides of the thumb portions and along the tips and sides of the hand portions adjacent to the thumbs, the edges of the goods of the inner doubled part or portion along the seam of the thumb and side of the hand facing' outward and opposite the inner surface of the outer doubled part or portion, and the edges of the goeds along the seams of the latter part or portion facing inward and opposite the outer surface of the former part er portion.

AUGUSTUS R. BURPEE. Witnesses:

H. W. BOARDMAN, FRED A. YOUNG. 

